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Wigan (gbr)

United Kingdom

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Wigan ranks 1,649th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Greater Khorasan, Cienfuegos, and High Wycombe. Memorable people born in Wigan include Gerrard Winstanley, Roy Kinnear, and Richard Ashcroft. Wigan has been the birth place of many athletes, and actors. Wigan is located in United Kingdom.

Wigan is a town in Greater Manchester, England, on the River Douglas. The town is midway between the two cities of Manchester, 16 miles (25.7 km) to the south-east, and Liverpool, 17 miles (27 km) to the south-west. It is the largest settlement in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan and is its administrative centre. The town has a population of 107,732 and the wider borough of 330,714. Wigan is part of the historic county of Lancashire. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 1609 and 2002, Wigan was the birth place of 11 globally memorable people, including Gerrard Winstanley, Roy Kinnear, and Richard Ashcroft.

People Born in Wigan

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Wigan were athletes (3), actors (2), soccer players (2), politicians (1), and musicians (1),  while most who died were .

Over the past 100 years, athletes have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Wigan, including Keely Hodgkinson, Jenny Meadows, and Christabel Lindo. Whereas, throughout history, athletes have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Wigan, including Keely Hodgkinson, Jenny Meadows, and Christabel Lindo.

Places

Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 3 globally memorable people born in Wigan since 1700.